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Every common desk and how it reaches VJ-Link.

Any desk that can send Art-Net or sACN can run VJ-Link: VJ-Link behaves like a fixture with 91 channels. Desks and programs with MIDI or OSC can also reach every control through mapping. The other way round VJ-Link sends timecode (Art-Net and MIDI) to desks that run timecode shows.

Overview

Desk	To VJ-Link	From VJ-Link	Page
grandMA2, onPC	Art-Net, sACN, MIDI	Art-Net or MIDI timecode	grandMA2
grandMA3, onPC	Art-Net, sACN, MIDI, OSC	Art-Net or MIDI timecode	grandMA3
dot2	Art-Net, sACN	–	dot2
ChamSys MagicQ	Art-Net, sACN, MIDI	Art-Net or MIDI timecode	ChamSys MagicQ
Avolites Titan	Art-Net, sACN	Art-Net or MIDI timecode	Avolites
High End Hog 4	Art-Net, sACN	Art-Net or MIDI timecode	Hog 4
ETC Eos, Ion, Element	sACN, Art-Net, OSC	Art-Net or MIDI timecode	ETC Eos
Obsidian Onyx	Art-Net, sACN	Art-Net or MIDI timecode	Onyx
Daslight 4 / 5	Art-Net, MIDI	–	Daslight
Lightkey	Art-Net, sACN, MIDI	–	Lightkey
QLC+	Art-Net, sACN, OSC, MIDI	–	QLC+
LightShark	Art-Net, sACN	–	LightShark
Zero 88 FLX	Art-Net, sACN	–	Zero 88 FLX
FreeStyler	Art-Net	–	FreeStyler
Desks without network (Showtec, Eurolite, Chauvet, older consoles)	DMX through an Art-Net node	–	Without network

Note

All desks: built from the manuals, not yet tried on the real desk. Art-Net and sACN reception itself is tested with software senders.

Which protocol?

Protocol	When	Note
Art-Net	most desks, the default	universes count from 0; broadcast or unicast to the VJ-Link computer
sACN (E1.31)	ETC and modern networks	universes count from 1; multicast, the switch should support IGMP
MIDI	desks with MIDI out, controllers	notes and CCs through mapping
OSC	grandMA3, ETC, QLC+, show software	port 8000, `/vjlink/ctl/<id>`

Full setup with LJ-Link

LJ-Link gives the tempo to desk and VJ-Link; the desk runs scenes and colors on VJ-Link.